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Usher syndrome Rachel Rillo

Usher syndrome Rachel Rillo

Usher syndrome Rachel Rillo

1. What is Usher Syndrome? 2. Is there a cure for Usher Syndrome? Why or why not. 3. What causes Usher Syndrome?

Usher Syndrome is a genetic disorder that is very rare. Usher Syndrome is loss of hearing, deafness and progressive vision loss. But there is also three types of Usher Syndrome.The first type of Usher Syndrome is where you are born with a profound hearing loss, retinitis pigmentosa, and balance problems. That is Type I. The second type of Usher Syndrome is where you are born with a moderate to serve hearing loss, retinitis pigmentosa, but no balance problems. That is called Type II. The last type of Usher Syndrome is where you have hearing loss that worsens over age, retinitis pigmentosa, and you may have balance problems depending on how your body works. That is called Type III. That is what Usher Syndrome is.

There is no exact cure for it yet. Doctors have been working on the cure for Usher Syndrome for many year now. They just cant find a cure for this Syndrome. Typically treatments will include hearing aids, assistive listening, or devices cochlear implants. Also there is a communication method called American Sign Language. Another solution for this is orientation and mobility training, communication services and independent living training that may include Braille instructions, or low vision services, and auditory training. There are no medicines for this Syndrome but there are possible ways to help the person with this Syndrome to make life easier for them and maybe not a stressed out from all of the things that they have to go through. The reason why they don't have a cure is because they don't have a cure for deafness, vision loss, or balance problems

The causes of Usher Syndrome are that you cant just get Usher Syndrome. Your parents must have it or carry it for you to get Usher Syndrome. If both of your parents carry it then there is a 25% chance of you getting Usher Syndrome. There is a 50% chance of you carrying it. And there is a 25% chance of u not having it or carrying it. Usher Syndrome is also recessive. These are the causes of Usher Syndrome.